Privacy Policy
Last updated February 2008
Otclinks.com strives to offer its visitors the
many advantages of Internet technology and to
provide an interactive and personalized experience.
We may use Personally Identifiable Information
(your name, e-mail address, street address, telephone
number) subject to the terms of this privacy policy.
Please note this policy applies only to information
collected by Otclinks.com online and does not
impact information collected or used by Otclinks.com
or its affiliates through other means.
How we gather information from users
How we collect and store information depends on
the page you are visiting, the activities in which
you elect to participate and the services provided.
You can visit many pages on our site without providing
any information. Other pages may prompt you to
provide information, such as when you register
for access to portions of our site, sign up for
membership, request certain features (e.g., newsletters,
news updates and other products), sign up for
a news subscription or make a purchase. You may
also provide information when you participate
in sweepstakes and contests, voting and polling
activities, message boards and chat rooms and
other interactive areas of our site.
Like most Web sites, Otclinks.com also collects
information automatically and through the use
of electronic tools that may be transparent to
our visitors. For example, we may log the name
of your Internet Service Provider or use "cookie"
technology. Among other things, the cookie may
store your user name and password, sparing you
from having to re-enter that information each
time you visit, or may control the number of times
you encounter a particular advertisement while
visiting our site. As we adopt additional technology,
we may also gather information through other means.
In certain cases, you can choose not to provide
us with information, for example by setting your
browser to refuse to accept cookies, but doing
so may limit your ability to access certain portions
of the site or may require you to re-enter your
user name and password. Additionally we may not
be able to customize the site's features according
to your preferences.
What we do with the information we collect
We will use your information only as permitted
by law. Aggregated Information (information that
does not personally identify you) may be used
in many ways. As one example, we may combine information
about your usage patterns with similar information
obtained from other users to learn which pages
are visited most or what features are most attractive.
Aggregated Information may occasionally be shared
with our advertisers and business partners, but
cannot be used to contact you individually.
We also collect information to enhance your visit
and deliver more individualized content and advertising.
For example, we may use Personally Identifiable
Information collected on Otclinks.com to communicate
with you regarding our Terms of Service and privacy
policy, products and services offered by Otclinks.com
and other Otclinks.com Network Company (ANNC)
affiliates and partners, administration of sweepstakes
and contests, processing e-commerce transactions
and other topics we think you might find of interest.
We reserve the right to share this information
with other ANNC business units and affiliates,
including for example entities in which ANNC has
an ownership interest (collectively, "Affiliates").
This policy does not apply to any Affiliate's
use of such information.
Personally Identifiable Information collected
by Otclinks.com may also be used for other purposes
including but not limited to site administration
and troubleshooting. Certain third parties who
provide technical support for the operation of
our site (our Web hosting service and other content
providers who license their information to Otclinks.com,
ANNC, or Affiliates, for example) may access such
information.
As we continue to develop our business, we may
sell, buy, merge or partner with other companies
or businesses. In such transactions, user information
may be among the transferred assets. We may also
disclose your information in response to a court
order, at other times when we believe we are reasonably
required to do so by law, in connection with the
collection of amounts you may owe to us, and/or
whenever we deem it appropriate or necessary to
give such information to law enforcement authorities.
Please note we may not provide you with notice
prior to disclosure in such cases.
Your choice to opt out
The quality news and information on Otclinks.com
is supported by advertising revenue and a controlled
program of e-mail marketing is an important element
of our online publishing business. Like other
Web publishers, we sometimes permit our advertising
and promotional partners to e-mail you about services,
features, products, special offers and unique
content we believe might interest you. If you
prefer not to receive e-mail communications sent
directly from our advertisers or promotional partners,
you will be given an opportunity to decline before
you provide us information we might use for this
purpose. If you decline at the time you provide
us such information, we will not share the Personally
Identifiable Information you provide with non-Affiliated
advertisers for such purposes, though we may on
occasion send you information on their behalf.
Affiliated sites, linked sites and advertisements
Otclinks.com expects its partners, advertisers
and third-party affiliates to respect the privacy
of our users. However, third parties, including
our partners, advertisers, affiliates and other
content providers accessible through our site,
may have their own privacy and data collection
policies and practices. For example, during your
visit to our site you may link to, or view as
part of a frame on a Otclinks.com page, certain
content that is actually created or hosted by
a third party. Also, through Otclinks.com you
may be introduced to, or be able to access, information,
web sites, advertisements, features, contests
or sweepstakes offered by other parties. Otclinks.com
is not responsible for the actions or policies
of such third parties. You should check the applicable
privacy policies of those third parties when providing
information on a feature or page operated by a
third party.
While on our site, our advertisers, promotional
partners or other third parties may use cookies
or other technology to attempt to identify some
of your preferences or retrieve information about
you. For example, some of our advertising is served
by third parties and may include cookies that
enable the advertiser to determine whether you
have seen a particular advertisement before. Through
features available on our site, third parties
may use cookies or other technology to gather
information. Otclinks.com does not control the
use of this technology or the resulting information
and is not responsible for any actions or policies
of such third parties.
Please be careful and responsible whenever you
are online. Should you choose to voluntarily disclose
Personally Identifiable Information on our site,
such as in message boards, chat areas or in advertising
or notices you post, that information can be viewed
publicly and can be collected and used by third
parties without our knowledge and may result in
unsolicited messages from other individuals or
third parties. Such activities are beyond the
control of Otclinks.com and this policy.
Children
Otclinks.com does not knowingly collect or solicit
Personally Identifiable Information from or about
children under 13 except as permitted by law.
If we discover we have received any information
from a child under 13 in violation of this policy,
we will delete that information immediately. If
you believe Otclinks.com has any information from
or about anyone under 13, please contact us at
the address listed below.
Contacting us.
We can be reached by contacting:
Otclinks.com
c/o
P.O. Box 1493
Georgetown, KY 40324
Changes to this policy
Otclinks.com reserves the right to change this
policy at any time. Please check this page periodically
for changes. Your continued use of our site following
the posting of changes to these terms will mean
you accept those changes. Information collected
prior to the time any change is posted will be
used according to the rules and laws that applied
at the time the information was collected.
Governing law
This policy and the use of this Site are governed
by Nevada law. Any claim related to the Site or
this policy shall be brought in a federal or state
court in Reno, Nevada within one year after the
claim arises. You agree no such claim may be brought
as a class action. Users of Otclinks.com, or any
of its Affiliates, consent to the jurisdiction
and venue of such court as the most convenient
and appropriate for the resolution of disputes
concerning this policy. Otclinks.com is controlled,
operated and administered entirely within the
United States. If you are located outside the
United States, please note the information you
provide to us will be transferred to the United
States. You hereby consent to this transfer.
In the event case of any conflict between the
terms of this policy and the terms of any electronic
or machine readable privacy policy (for example,
a P3P electronic privacy policy), the terms of
this written policy shall control.
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